---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 971.418"
title: "15"
number: "971.418"
heading: "Diligence requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/971.418"
---

# §971.418. Diligence requirements.


The TCRs in each commercial recovery permit must include provisions to assure diligent development consistent with [§ 971.503](/cfr/15/971.503.md), including a requirement that recovery at commercial scale be underway within ten years from the date of permit issuance unless that deadline is extended by the Administrator for good cause.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 525, Jan. 6, 1989, unless otherwise noted.